That's really cute, but its also bad because hedgies don't have very strong teeth and having to work that hard to crunch something will break them! Part of the reason he was pulling his hood down was because it hurt.

Would an animal really be so hungry that it would hurt itself trying to eat? Gonna look up the natural diet of hedgehogs and see if it consists of more than just bugs...summa dos beetles can be pretty hard to cronche...

Everlasting gobstoppers are different colors on the inside. Judging from the way the food 'splits' (I think the technical term is 'cleaves' but that makes me giggle) I'm pretty sure it's a small piece of carrot.
Food debate aside...AWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

Our wild hedgehogs chow down on a bowl of Hedgehog Kibble we put out for them every night, and it's hard as a rock, so I think he'll be fine.

When I put out live mealworms for them, I can get to about three feet away from them. They won't give up a tasty mealworm for anything. I daren't take a picture as I'm afraid the flash will scare them off though.

Nah, if it hurt to eat it, he wouldn't put up with it. Mine not only, for whatever reason, always leaves the dried peas behind from his food mix, but he also sometimes snubs the treats I KNOW he likes... so they're not beyond refusing something unpleasant.

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